provides attributes identifying the source edition from which some encoded feature derives. fournit des attributs identifiant l'édition source dont provient une quelconque caractéristique encodée. 符号化された属性が派生する元のソースのエディションを特定する属性を提供する。 edition édition 版 supplies a sigil or other arbitrary identifier for the source edition in which the associated feature (for example, a page, column, or line beginning) occurs at this point in the text. fournit un identifiant arbitraire pour l'édition source dans laquelle la caractéristique associée (par exemple, une page, une colonne ou un saut de ligne) apparaît à ce point du texte. 関連する属性（ページ・段落・行の切れ目）がテキストのこの地点において発生するソースのエディションについての印やその他の任意の識別子を提供する。 edition reference 参照 provides a pointer to the source edition in which the associated feature (for example, a page, column, or line beginning) occurs at this point in the text. このポインタが示すのは、当該テキスト中に現れる（頁や段、行等の）関連する素性が生じる元の版である。 Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, Olaf Stapledon, Starmaker, Methuen, 1937 Olaf Stapledon, Starmaker, Dover, 1968

Looking into the future aeons from the supreme moment of the cosmos, I saw the populations still with all their strength maintaining theessentials of their ancient culture, still living their personal lives in zest and endless novelty of action, … I saw myself still preserving, though with increasing difficulty, my lucid consciousness;

In the above example, the soft hyphen in Stapledon 1937 is omitted. Such decisions may be documented in the edition's declaration of editorial principles, e.g. with the hyphenation element in the teiHeader.

These guidelines provide no semantic basis or suggested precedence when both ed and edRef are provided. For this reason simultaneous use of both is not recommended unless documentation explaining the use is provided, probably in an ODD customization, for interchange.